Clip.



A. MIEDEN.

CLIP.

APPLxcAloN FILED JUNE 5.1915.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

IN VEN TOR f/Wney W1 TNESSES:

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ADAM MIEDEN, OF RENO, NEVADA.

CLIP.

Application led .Tune 5, 1915.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Y Be it known that I, ADAM MrnDnN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Reno, in the county of lVashoe and `State of Nevada, haveinvented a new and useful Clip, of which the following is a specifica--tion.

This invention relates to an improvement in clips which may be appliedto books so that the book can be attached to the pocket for retainingthe book in the pocket, or it may be used for fastening papers andfabrics together, and as a clothes-pin.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and pointedout in the claims.

It will be evident that many slight changes may be made in the form andarrangement of the several parts to be described without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention, and hence I do not wish to belimited to the exact construction as herein set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a View in elevation showing theinvention applied to the cover of the book. Fig. 2 is an enlargedvertical sectional view through the clip and book. Fig. 3 is a view inrear elevation showing the application of the clip to a book cover. lig.i is a top plan view of the clip, taken on the line eL-Li of Fig. 2,showing its application to the cover. Figs. 5 and 6 are front and rearelevations showing the clip applied to a pad for holding loose papers orother articles. Fig. 7 is a top plan view. Fig. 8 is a longitudinalvertical sectional view of application of the device shown in Figs. 5and 6. Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line 9 9 of Fig. 6. Fig. 10 isa view in front elevation of the clip detached, and Fig. 11 is a View inside elevation.

The clip is preferably made from a single length of wire returned uponitself to provide a pair of strands which are bent to form front andrear members and a bridge joining the upper ends of the members. Thefront member comprises the parallel strands 1 which are preferably inContact. The lower terminal ofy the frent member yis Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

serial No. 32,434.

closed. This lower terminal is bent upwardly and inwardly against therear face of the front member to provide laterally extending eyes orloops 2, joined by a cross bar resting against the rear faces of thestrands 1. rlhe upper end of the front member has its strands bentrearwardly at right angles to the front member to provide a bridge 3. Atthe rear end of the bridge 3 the strands diverge laterally andoppositely and form a transverselyT extending shoulder a. From theopposite ends of the shoulder l, the strands extend downwardly andpreferably converge to form the rear member. The rear member is composedof two strands 5, which are slightly concaved longitudinally, and thelower terminals of the strands are brought together, that is, thestrands extend or converge inwardly from their upper ends. Theconcaving, or bowing inwardly, of the strands 5 of the rear membertoward the front member, as shown in Figs. 2, 8 and 11, serves to holdthe rear member yieldingly in contact with material placed between themembers throughout the entire lengths of the strands 5, as shown in Fig.2, and throughout substantially their entire lengths as shown in Fig. 8.It is thus seen that in the use of this clip, the material is pressedagainst the front member, and is held between the members 1 and 5,throughout a considerable extent depending upon the thickness of thematerial in the clip. rlfhe clip thus exerts a firm binding action uponthe material proportionally to the thickness of the material, thebinding action being not at a single biting point, but taking edectthroughout a long line 0f consecutively engaging points, the thicker thematerial placed in the clip, the greater will be the pressure on thestrands 5 to straighten the same, and the greater will be the pressureof the bowed strands against the material, as the thicker the lmaterialthe greater is the engaging lengths of the bowed strands. By thispeculiar construction, a clip is provided which automatically adjustsitself and its binding action to the thicknesses of materials placedbetween the members of the clip. The lower ends of the strands 5 en tendor 1'iai.e outwai'dly, as at G. 'The cross bar or transverse portion 7,of the terminal of the front member, rests upon or engages the strands 5of the rear member, forming a tight closure between the two members.

1n Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the clip is shown as applied to the co-ver of abook. The strands 5 are inserted through openings 8 in the cover 9 andextend parallel withthe inner surface of the cover. Bearing plates orstraps 10 are inserted through the cover from the exterior, and the endsare'bent against the inner surface of the cover, the flaring ends 6 ofthe clip resting or bearing against the plates.

The shoulder t engages across the -outer face of the cover 9 and holdsthe bridge portion 3 away from the cover in an outwardly projectingposition. It also holds the rear member flat against the inner side ofthe cover 9 and keeps the strands 5 from sliding downwardly against theinner side of the cover. y

Applied to the inner side of the cover is a lining 11 of paper formaintaining the rear member or strands 5 against the cover portion 9.These bearing plates 10 prevent lateral movement of the clip and assistin vpreventing the terminals of the strands 5 from being forced throughthe cover 9, especially when the cover is made of some light material. i

lWhen the terminal of the front member is raised, considerable pressureor strain is placed against'the ends 6 of the strands 5 of the rearmember, and the strands 5 are caused to bow, increasing the concavity ofthe strands, thereby producing a tension upon the front member whichinsures its return into engagement with ythe rear member, for confiningthe papers or articles between the two members. Y

In the application of the clip, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, theterminals of the strands 5 are connected together by a strap or fastener12, which encircles the rear member and passes through a pad or board13, and the terminals 14 of the strap or fastener are bent against theopposite sideof the pad. The clips can be fastened to the book covers orpads in any suitable manner-,but I haveV larged terminal,

vline withoutstraining the clip.

Another feature of this invention is in the peculiar construction of thelower terminal of the front member. The bending of the ytransverseportion or lower end 7 of the front member rearwardly, so that itengagesthe rear surfaces of the strands 1,produces the eyes 2, therebyforming an enwhich affords greater strength to the terminall ofthe'frontmem-v ber, and when the enlarged terminal is brought intoengagement with the strands of the rea-r member a greater bearingsurface is provided for conining papers and articles therebetween. AWithan enlarged terminal of this character there is nol danger of theterminal becoming weakened, due to theconstant raising of the frontmember by the terminal, and thereby losing its resiliency and grippingpower.

vWhat is claimed is,-

l. A clip comprising a front member, a rear member, and a bridge joiningthe upper ends ofthe members, said members and l bridge comprising asingle length of wirer returned upon `itself to provide the front memberhaving a pair of strands, said strands being rolled laterally andoppositely from the lower end of the front member to, provide lateralloops thereat Lwhich are joined across the inner face of the frontmember, the strands being turned inwardly at right angles from the topof the front member to provide ythe bridge, and being divergedvlaterally and oppositely from the rear end of the bridge to provide atransverse shoulder across the top of the rear member, therstrands ofthe rear member extending downwardly from4 the opposite ends bridgecomprising a single length of wire returned upon itself to provide thefront member .having a pair of strands, the s'trandsof the front memberextending l in contact throughout substantially the lengthv of lthefront member and being rolled laterally andV oppositely from the lowerend ofthe front member to provideY loops at the opposite sides thereofwhichare joined :across the inner face of the front member, .thestrandsV at the upper end of the nfront member being the bridge, andbeing diverged laterally and oppositely fromthe rear end of the bridgeto provide a transverse shoulder across the` reanmember convergingdownwardly from the opposite ends of said shoulder to a point vturnedinwardly at irightangles to providerV top of the rear member, thestrandsof the,

below the lower end of the front member In testimony that I claim theforegoing as and then being bent laterally and oppositely my own, I havehereto aHiXecl my signature from said point, said rear member being inthe presence of two Witnesses.

bowed toward the front member, and means ADAM MIEDEN. engaging the lowerends of said converging lVitnesses:

strands to secure the same from spreading A. J. MERGEN,

and to hold the rear member in place. GERTRUDE A. SAWYER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

